Ballylough

Ballylough

Ballylough private fishing lough
 Ballylough shown within County Down
DistrictDown
CountyCounty Down
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
EU Parliament Northern Ireland
UK ParliamentSouth Down
NI AssemblySouth Down
List of places
UK
Northern Ireland
Down

Coordinates: 54°16′01″N 5°55′59″W / 54.267°N 5.933°W / 54.267; -5.933

Ballylough (Baile-an-locha; "the townland of the lake")[1] is a small village and townland in County Down, Northern Ireland. It lies roughly 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Newcastle and just east of Castlewellan and northeast of Annsborough.

It is situated beside Ballylough Lake, popular for fishing for rainbow trout and run by Castlewellan and Annsborough Angling Club.[2]

References

  1. "Down Council Area" (PDF). Ulster Placenames. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  2. "Ballylough Lake". Discover Northern Ireland. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
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